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ACROTERIAL
Definition of ACROTERIAL
adjective
Pertaining to an acroterium.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ACROTERIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACROTERIAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACEILORRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and R appear more than once.
Words that start ACROTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACROTERIAL?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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